35 Quotes by Claude Adrien Helvetius

No nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment.

All men have an equal disposition for understanding.

What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not founded

What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not founded.

Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving the peace, abandon the empire to robbers who would plunder it.

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers, which are always repulsed by the anvil.

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.